Absolut Music Sculpture

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Absolut Music Sculpture

The Absolut Quartet is a single large-scale electromechanical sculpture, created by Dan Paluska and Jeff Lieberman and on display beginning February 27 at 186 Orchard Street in New York City. We've covered similar devices in our Automated Music Instruments article, and here. Some contraptions were just clever computer animation, but this amazing feat of engineering and artistry is for real.

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Today's pictures & links:
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Upside-down Architecture

See more examples here

"Device to Root out Evil" by Dennis Oppenheim at Harbour Green Park, Coal Harbour, Vancouver. -

(image credit: Thad Roan)

(image credit: namq)

House Attack: outdoor sculpture by Erwin Wurm in Vienna -

(image credit: Dominik Dada)

The Rainier Bank Building in Seattle, WA:

Slovakia National Radio Station:

(image credit: Earth in pictures)

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Ways to deal with death

Creative advertisements:

Death-defying toilets:

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Beautiful Photography by Garron Nicholls

See the rest here

I would eat an apple...

Forest Afternoon -

(images credit: Garron Nicholls)

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Cool Shot of the Day
(in cooperation with National Geographic magazine)

(image credit: National Geographic)

Photo by John White -
McNaughts Comet over the lower Eyre Peninsula in South Australia last January.

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Mixed fresh links for today:

Stunning British Landscapes - [travel]
Where did Hubbard steal Scientology from? - [wow find]
Beautiful Army Girls - [photos]
Abandoned Frozen Ships - [abandoned]
"Hollow Earth" idea thru the ages - [cool site]
Continually Wired: Optimum Caffeine Use - [useful]
Incredible Pizza Ads - [cool ads]
Office Comedy: Best Photocopy - [fun video]
Another Bubble: best geek song - [neat video]

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Thunderstorm: View from Space
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(image credit: Spaceweather)

International Space Station crew takes photo of a large storm over West Africa.

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Romantic Interest?

(original unknown)

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Lenin Underwater

Better than in Mausoleum.

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The indescribable pleasure of squashing an SUV with a tank

Apparently this killing of SUV was done just for the heck of it.

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Uh?

Gotta get some background info on this...
UPDATE:
"From 1898 through to 1910 heroin was marketed as a non-addictive morphine substitute and cough medicine for children." (more info)